Authorities say a man working for a tree-trimming crew in Little Rock was killed after a limb he cut fell onto a power line.

Little Rock Fire Department Capt. Randy Hickmon says the worker was tethered to the top of a tree Wednesday when the limb fell onto the power line. Hickmon says the worker was touching the branch and was immediately electrocuted by an 8,000-volt charge.

The Pulaski County coroner's office identified the worker as 27-year-old Filiberto Martinez Pita.

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports (http://is.gd/ilMRcm ) that Pita worked for Hernandez Tree Service, which was hired to trim branches that were hanging over the roof of a home on 10th Street.